missing microsoft excel odbc driver in system dsn

Question

i am on a 2008r2 machine and need to add a microsoft excel odbc driver but its missing. any idea?

Answer 1

Hi,

You have to install Excel on your server.

Answer 2

Hi JonDoe321,

There's already a knowledge base for troubleshooting invisible excel or access driver in the DSN list. Please reference below link to check if the correct driver is installed.

Unable to create DSN for Microsoft Office System Driver on 64-bit versions of Windows

If you have any question, feel free to let me know.

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TechNet Community Support